988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline

The Director of Mental Health in North Carolina discusses the impact of the federal government's decision to cut funding for the 988 (dial 3) option for the LGBTQ+ youth community.

High Point University's Kirsten Li-Barber says that together time probably doesn’t work as well when people bring their devices to the table. People are likely to feel less engaged.

In those two years, crisis counselors in North Carolina have responded to nearly 190,000 calls, texts, and chats.

The North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services has released a dashboard to monitor the performance of the 988 Suicide and Crisis Lifeline. The goal of the dashboard is to determine how this state-federal partnership is being used, as well as its overall effectiveness.

State officials are lauding the success of the 988 Suicide and Crisis Lifeline, one year after its debut. The 988 lifeline number allows North Carolinians…